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Five minutes here, ten minutes there

Nobody plans to spend their week copying details from one screen to another. It happens a few minutes at a time. A new enquiry goes into the spreadsheet, a quote needs a follow-up email, an invoice needs a reminder, and the weekly report needs numbers from three different tools.

Each task feels too small to fix. Added together, they can take a full day every week from you or your team, and they are exactly the kind of work where mistakes slip in.

We connect the tools you already use, such as your website forms, email, CRM, calendar and spreadsheets, so this work happens on its own. Where it helps, AI sorts messages, pulls out key details and drafts replies, and a person approves anything important.

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What we automate for small businesses

These are the jobs we are asked to automate most often. Each one can usually be built and tested within a week or two.

  • Quotes and invoices

    Quotes created from a short form, invoices sent on time and polite payment reminders that go out by themselves.

  • Bookings and reminders

    Appointments booked online, confirmed by email or text, with reminders that cut no-shows.

How small tasks add up

It is easy to think a few minutes here and there do not matter. Research published by Adobe in January suggests otherwise. In a survey of more than 1,000 full-time US employees, people said they lose about 91 working days a year to low-value tasks such as data entry, scheduling and internal reporting.

To make this real for a small business, here is a simple example. It uses ordinary tasks and ordinary numbers, the kind we see when we map a client’s week.

Everyday task Minutes each time Times a week Hours a year
Copying web enquiries into the CRM 4 25 87
Confirming bookings and sending reminders 3 30 78
Chasing unpaid invoices 10 8 69
Following up on sent quotes 5 15 65
Building the weekly sales report 60 1 52

Together these five tasks come to about 350 hours a year, close to nine full working weeks. Automating even two of them gives back a month of time.

People who build automations themselves often share a warning on Reddit. One business set up a complex system that nobody else on the team could fix, and dropped it after three months. Others found their automations had stopped working quietly during a busy sales day. That is why we keep things simple, add alerts and stay on hand to look after what we build. If you want to see where AI fits across your business, start with our AI solutions overview.

How we build automations that last

  • Map one task first

    We watch how the task is done today, agree the steps and pick the one that saves the most time.

  • Build with alerts

    Every automation logs its work and tells us at once if something fails, so problems never stay hidden.

  • Hand over and look after it

    You get a simple written guide, and we keep the automation running and updated as your tools change.

Frequently asked questions

What tasks can be automated?

Almost any task that follows the same steps each time, such as moving data between tools, sorting and answering common emails, sending reminders, creating documents or building reports.

Do we need to change our software?

Usually not. We connect the tools you already use. If one of them cannot connect, we suggest the simplest option that can.

How much does workflow automation cost?

A single automated workflow starts from $299. Larger projects with several connected steps get a fixed quote, and you always know the price before we start.

What happens if an automation stops working?

Our automations send an alert when something fails, and they keep a log of every run. We fix problems quickly and update the setup when one of your tools changes.

Find your biggest time-savers

Tell us the tasks your team repeats every week and we will suggest what to automate first.